Glenwood puts on ‘Sunday best’ for tourist season  

From the Pope County Tribune, Thursday, May 8, 1924

The speaker at the Kiwanis Club last Friday was M.E. Kalton who gave a talk on health in connection with the health week. His talk was brim full of humor with a thought in every story. Kalton is an able entertainer and is one of the many Mark Twain’s that the Glenwood Club boasts of.

The Call of the Wild—Opera House 2 p.m. Band concert 3:45 p.m. Holstein Heifer Contest, Minton Hotel Square 4 p.m.

Friends and neighbors of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dankers dropped in on them Saturday evening to help them celebrate their silver wedding day. The evening was pleasantly spent in conversation and games. A delicious lunch was served late in the evening. Mrs. Dankers was presented with a purse of silver as a token of remembrance of the day. The guests departed at midnight after wishing Mr. and Mrs. Dankers many more years of married life.

100 Years Ago in 1824 – An epidemic of yellow fever was raging in Louisiana. Anthracite coal was used for the first time in New York. Steam ferries were operated for the first time between New York and Brooklyn. The Colorado beetle, commonly known as the potato bug, made its first appearance in Wisconsin. 

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From the Glenwood Herald, Thursday, May 8, 1924

A fire whose origin is unknown broke out last night in the Bertha Johnson residence which is at the present time occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Severt Aaseng. The fire was discovered in time so that the fire boys got it out with damaging only the one room in which it was, by fire, but other parts of the house were damaged by the chemical used. The fire was discovered by Mr. Rust, who saw smoke issuing from the window. The loss was covered by insurance.

Glenwood is looking forward to a large tourist crop the coming season. In a short time now we can expect to see automobiles in town with license tags from California and New York and all the states in between. In order to give these tourists the right kind of welcome, it will be necessary to put Glenwood’s Sunday clothes on as soon as possible. There are signs all over town that this is being done. Right now the old town is not looking very good. The streets are torn up and the yards do not look as good as they should, but in a week or so now the work in the streets will be finished and the yards and alleys will all be cleaned up. A number of trees are being planted this spring, shrubbery is being set out and many a flower will bloom in Glenwood that has not seen this part of the country before.

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From the Starbuck Times, Friday, May 9, 1924

At the meeting of the Woodmen lodge Wednesday evening, it was decided to organize a ball team. A committee consisting of Herman Tessem, Dewey Barsness and Selmer Stenson was appointed to look after the organization of the team. The Woodman lodges of the county plan a big picnic to be held at the Glenwood city park on June 18. A program of speeches and sports is being prepared for the occasion.

Earl Fritcher, mail carrier on route 2 out of Hancock was killed instantly Tuesday evening about 11 o’clock when his Ford Sedan collided with another Ford on the road between Ortonville and Graceville while returning from Ortonville with his family. His wife’s collar bone was broken, and his two children, a boy and girl, were bruised and cut when they went through the top of the sedan.

A Prompt Answer Improves Everybody’s Service – Do you ever let the telephone ring twice before you answer? Sometimes when you make a telephone call you do not get the number promptly. When you tell the operator, or she says, “I will ring them again.” Finally when you get your party, do you feel that the operator has given you prompt service, or do you realize that the person you called may have waited for the telephone to ring again? It will help greatly to provide prompt service for all if every subscriber will answer the telephone as soon as the bells ring. May we count you?—Thank you. White Bear Lake Telephone Co.